Gedaliah Is Murdered

1aIn the seventh° month°bIshmael° the son° of Nethaniah°, the son° of Elishama°, of the royal°Ifamily° and [one] of the chief° officers° of the king°, along with ten° men°, came° to Mizpah° to cGedaliah° the son° of Ahikam°. While they dwere eating° bread° together° there° in Mizpah°,
2 Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah° and the ten° men° who° were with him arose° and astruck° down° Gedaliah° the son° of Ahikam°, the son° of Shaphan°, with the sword° and bput° to death° the one cwhom° the king° of Babylon° had appointed° over the land°.
3 Ishmael° also struck° down° all° the Jews° who° were with him, [that is] with Gedaliah° at Mizpah°, and the Chaldeans° who° were found° there°, the men° of war°.

4 ¶ Now it happened° on the Inext° day° after the killing° of Gedaliah°, when no° one° knew° about [it],
5 that eighty° men°acame° from bShechem°, from cShiloh°, and from dSamaria° with etheir beards° shaved° off° and their clothes° torn° and Itheir bodies fgashed°, having grain offerings° and incense° in their hands° to bring° to the ghouse° of the LORD°.
6 Then Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah° went° out from Mizpah° to meet° them, aweeping° as he went°; and as he met° them, he said° to them, “Come° to Gedaliah° the son° of Ahikam°!”
7 Yet it turned° out that as soon as they came° inside° the city°, Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah° and the men° that were with him aslaughtered° them [and cast them] into the cistern°.
8 But ten° men° who were found° among them said° to Ishmael°, “Do not put° us to death°; for we have°astores° of wheat°, barley°, oil° and honey° hidden° in the field°.” So he refrained° and did not put° them to death° along° with their companions°.

9 ¶ Now as for the cistern° where°° Ishmael° had cast° all° the corpses° of the men° whom° he had struck° down°Ibecause° of Gedaliah°, it was the aone that King° Asa° had made° on baccount°° of Baasha°, king° of Israel°; Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah° filled° it with the slain°.
10 Then Ishmael° took° captive° all° the aremnant° of the people° who° were in Mizpah°, the bking’s° daughters° and all° the people° who were left° in Mizpah°, whom° Nebuzaradan° the captain° of the bodyguard° had put° under° the charge° of Gedaliah° the son° of Ahikam°; thus Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah° took° them captive° and proceeded° to cross° over° to the sons° of cAmmon°.

Johanan Rescues the People

11 ¶ But Johanan° the son° of Kareah° and all° the acommanders° of the forces° that were with him heard° of all° the evil° that Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah° had done°.
12 So they took° all° the men° and went° to afight° with Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah° and they found° him by the bgreat°Ipool° that is in Gibeon°.
13 Now as soon as all° the people° who° were with Ishmael° saw° Johanan° the son° of Kareah° and the commanders° of the forces° that were with him, they were glad°.
14 So all° the people° whom° Ishmael° had taken° captive° from Mizpah° turned° around° and came° back°, and went° to Johanan° the son° of Kareah°.
15 But Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah°aescaped° from Johanan° with eight° men° and went° to the sons° of Ammon°.
16 Then Johanan° the son° of Kareah° and all° the commanders° of the forces° that were with him took° from Mizpah°aall° the remnant° of the people° whom° he had Irecovered° from Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah°, after° he had struck° down° Gedaliah° the son° of Ahikam°, [that is], the men° who were IIsoldiers°°, [the] women°, [the] IIIchildren°, and [the] eunuchs°, whom° he had brought° back° from Gibeon°.
17 And they went° and stayed° in IaGeruth° Chimham°, which° is beside° Bethlehem°, in order to bproceed°° into Egypt°18 because°° of the Chaldeans°; for they were aafraid° of them, since° Ishmael° the son° of Nethaniah° had struck° down° Gedaliah° the son° of Ahikam°, whom°bthe king° of Babylon° had appointed° over the land°.

Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and others, purposeth with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites.

1 ¶ Now it came to pass² in the seventhº month,º [that] Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniahº the sonº of Elishama,º of the seedº² royal,º and the princesº of the king,º even tenº men¹² with² him, cameºª unto² Gedaliahº the sonº of Ahikamº to Mizpah;¹² and there² they did eatºª breadº togetherº in Mizpah.¹²2 Then aroseºª Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniah,º and the tenº men¹² that² were² with² him, and smoteºª² Gedaliahº the sonº of Ahikamº the sonº of Shaphanº with the sword,º and slewºª him, whom² the kingº of Babylonº had made governorºª over the land.º3 Ishmaelº also slewºª all² the Jewsº that² were² with² him, [even] with² Gedaliah,º at Mizpah,º and the Chaldeansº that² were foundºª there,² [and] the men¹² of war.º4 And it came to pass² the secondº dayº after he had slainºª² Gedaliah,º and no² manº knewºª [it], 5 That there cameºª certain¹² from Shechem,º² from Shiloh,º² and from Samaria,º² [even] fourscoreº men,º having their beardsº shaven,ºª and their clothesº rent,ºª and having cut¹ª themselves,² with offeringsº and incenseº in their hand,º to bringºª [them] to the houseº of the LORD.º6 And Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniahº went forthºª from² Mizpahº to meetºª them, weepingºª all along¹ª as he went:ºª and it came to pass,² as he metºª them, he saidºª unto² them, Comeºª to² Gedaliahº the sonº of Ahikam.º7 And it was² [so], when they cameºª into² the midstº of the city,º that Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniahº slewºª them, [and cast them] into² the midstº of the pit,º he,² and the men¹² that² [were] with² him. 8 But tenº men¹² were foundºª among them that saidºª unto² Ishmael,º Slayºª us not:² for² we haveº treasuresº in the field,º of wheat,º and of barley,º and of oil,º and of honey.º So he forbare,ºª and slewºª them not² amongº their brethren.º9 Now the pitº wherein²² Ishmaelº had castºª² all² the dead bodiesº of the men,¹² whom² he had slainºª becauseº of Gedaliah,º [was] it² which² Asaº the kingº had madeºª for fearº² of Baashaº kingº of Israel:º [and] Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniahº filledºª it with [them that were] slain.º10 Then Ishmaelº carried away captiveºª² all² the residueº of the peopleº that² [were] in Mizpah,º [even]² the king'sº daughters,º and all² the peopleº that remainedºª in Mizpah,º whom² Nebuzaradanº the captainº of the guardº had committedºª to² Gedaliahº the sonº of Ahikam:º and Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniahº carried them away captive,ºª and departed¹ª² to go overºª to² the Ammonites.ºº

Johanan recovereth the captives, and mindeth to flee into Egypt.

11 ¶ But when Johananº the sonº of Kareah,º and all² the captainsº of the forcesº that² [were] with² him, heardºª of² all² the evilº that² Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniahº had done,ºª12 Then they tookºª² all² the men,¹² and went¹ª² to fightºª with² Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniah,º and foundºª him by² the greatº watersº that² [are] in Gibeon.º13 Now it came to pass,² [that] when all² the peopleº which² [were] with² Ishmaelº sawºª² Johananº the sonº of Kareah,º and all² the captainsº of the forcesº that² [were] with² him, then they were glad.ºª14 So all² the peopleº that² Ishmaelº had carried away captiveºª from² Mizpahº cast aboutºª and returned,ºª and went¹ª² unto² Johananº the sonº of Kareah.º15 But Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniahº escapedºª fromº² Johananº with eightº men,¹² and went¹ª² to² the Ammonites.ºº16 Then tookºª Johananº the sonº of Kareah,º and all² the captainsº of the forcesº that² [were] with² him,² all² the remnantº of the peopleº whom² he had recoveredºª from²² Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniah,º from² Mizpah,º afterº [that] he had slainºª² Gedaliahº the sonº of Ahikam,º [even] mightyº men¹² of war,º and the women,º and the children,º and the eunuchs,º whom² he had brought againºª from Gibeon:º²17 And they departed,¹ª² and dwelt² in¹ª the habitationº of Chimham,º which² is byº Bethlehem,º to go¹ª² to enter¹ª into² Egypt,º18 Becauseº² of the Chaldeans:º for² they were afraidºª of²² them, because² Ishmaelº the sonº of Nethaniahº had slainºª² Gedaliahº the sonº of Ahikam,º whom² the kingº of Babylonº made governorºª in the land.º